Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-26
VI e DC A l. I'm III A l. A T O N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

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~ of the respiratory passages con lists IN
he employ ment of Medical Inhalation for
| its dir ect effects on the diseased organs;
| and, at the same time, adopting such hy-
medicines by the stomach as will most ef-
fectually purify the blood. give tone t.
the nervous system. aud build up and
i strengthen the general constitution. In
oiher words. we employ combined local
What is Medicaal Inhslation? Before
stating briefly. what Medical inhalation
| Is, we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t Is not.
Medical Inhalation Is not cure-all q
nostrum, or a panacea. 1t is not specific
remedy for any disease. 1t is not quack
medicine, or advertised to cure any or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an intended to
fill the pockt ts Of its proprietors 1t Is no
| u talisman, whose possession 1nsures health
to its p"ssessor without the intervention OF
sense or judgment. Medical Inhalation Is
none of these things.
method OF taking medicines by inhaling or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. By In.
halation, the proper medicines are sPpied
nose, throat or lungs and 1t Is clear to
every reasoning person how peculiarly ap.
plicable Inha alton Is in the disorders OF
the organs named. Il you nave scaioed OF
the remedy Intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue On the contrary, you apply
It directly to the seat of the wound OF In
jury Why. then. when suffering from ca
| tar h of the nasal passages or throat, or af-
flicted wi h ulceratio of the lungs. should
you rely ON medicines taken Into the
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat of the
disease, but It applies the remedy In the
gaseous or vaporous form, in which form,
AS Is we'll known, medicines act most power
fully How much greater, Tor example, Is
the effect of a drachm OF chloroform, when
Inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach:
The same is true of chlorine, of iodine. and
of many other substances BY inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system In search of malady which may be
mainly or entirelya local one; but by this
method the proper remedy is applied di-
rectly to the diseased organ. Who, after
studyi the anotomy of the lungs can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
the air-tubes and air-cells. the direci appli'
cation of the healing medicine by inhala
ton to the diseased p rts, Is the correct and
rational method of treatment?. Who. on
the other hand, can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper ana olrect way 70
passages in this case, is by the way OF the
stomach? Physiology teaches us that the
membrane. Or skin, lining the air passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is Only
slightly modified form of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
| of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary for innam'
nations, congestions and alterations OF the
one and not be equally SO in the case OF the
other?
diseases of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment of these diseases is
| that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con-
| stitutional effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach.
One or both methods must be adopted as
| the circumstances demand, and such RENE
dies must be employed as the exper ence
| and Judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case
Nledical AdvoCa tes of In ha La tiOn.
Physicians who were educated twenty
| years ago or more, and VINO nave not KEPT
up with the times in the advance IN meol.
cal science, have very little idea OF the great
| importance all leading writer's now give TO
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
mOnary diseases To such an extent Is tnls
true that no patient should 1ntrust his Case
to auy physician who is not well prepared
i and tn roughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administerings.of the
proper remedies by the method d4fnhala-
| ton. ~
lation in cases seemingly past all help, and
/ the uniform success attending It's us. In
| diseases of the respiratory organs, rende.
it obligatory on every honest physician to
knowledge Of the Inhalation. or, If that is
not possible, he is at least bound to decline
Il to treat such cases. =.
Among the most eminent physicians, of
| the age VIII are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
The Celebrated DR.. Burdon Saun ierson; !;
Dr. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine: DR.. FrederIck LanghGsus, OF nsi- si-
Archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, Scotland
DR.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron Dr. Gurdon Buck
Prot. Albert Lshert, the celebrated Dr'
aughngs Jackson the
Wells. DR.. Hilton Flaggs. Or 6. r, Wo1d'
Richard Thompson, DR.. ) Carpenter,
Anstie; BALL. Haa1 FIler ortb Sorfisan
Fenwick. and many others.
With scarcely single exception every
medical authority of eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency of this new method,
| are certain to be thoroughly educateo
| therein. At present 1t Is only few physi
clans here aud there who have made 'Dis-
Of snde ie ssady sSs IN
resources of Medical Inhalation In the cure
| of these diseases.
The Durability of Consumption.
For FIVE years the celebrated DR.. I. H
Bennet waa pathologist to the X yai In
| frmary of Edinburgh, and in his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol-
lowing statement:
"During this period made upwards of
1000 post morton examinations Of persons
diving from various diseases, and was
constantly meeting with cases in which
found cavities in the lungs from consump.
tion. which had evidently healed up or
cicatrized years before the death Of the
subject. Nature did not seem to have been
successful in restoring the wasted Jung
substance, but the cavities were dried up,
Ihe progress Of the disease arrested, and
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power 1t is true but otherwise In good